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A scientist spilled two drops of organic mercury on her gloves. This is what happened to her brain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ7M01jV058 https://www.you
by hal9000-tng 6y ago
A scientist spilled two drops of organic mercury on her gloves. This is what happened to her brain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ7M01jV058 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ7M01jV058
- nwallin 6y agoThat video is about dimethylmercury, which is chemically completely different than the mercury in fluorescent lights. That's like saying DNA is bad because is has carbon and nitrogen in it, which is what cyanide is made out of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethylmercury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethylmercury
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- hal9000-tng 6y agoWell, obviously, but nearly all compounds containing mercury are toxic, and in many cases highly so, even if there are a (very) few consumer products where there is insufficient data as to relative toxicity. (Perhaps they should give you MSDS for your eye drops or amalgam dental fillings!)
- CamperBob2 6y agoChubbyemu is a great Youtuber, but I can't force myself to indulge his goofy clickbait titles. My loss as well as his, because he does really nice work.
- hal9000-tng 6y agoI agree, but I actually do appreciate the titles, since the videos actually deliver (unlike many Youtubers). That one did cover the changes in her brain and behavior until the point of death, and the intensity of the delivery adds a lot of drama to what is otherwise a clinically dry recitation of symptoms and effects. You don't forget it too quickly, and you take extra precautions with all forms of toxic compounds (even if you hopefully are not dealing with dimethylmercury!)
- CamperBob2 6y agoYeah, I don't think anyone who's heard Wetterhahn's story will ever forget it. It's somehow one of the scariest things I've ever seen in print, despite the lack of a huge body count.